McGowan Earns Academic All-District Honors

Jun 03, 2013

AMERICUS – Mollie McGowan, a senior on the Georgia
Southwestern women's cross country team, has been named to the
2012-13 Capital One Academic All-District III Women's Track &
Field/Cross Country Team.

McGowan holds a 3.97 grade point average as an exercise science
major. With the first team selection, she now becomes eligible to
earn Academic All-American honors, with voting to be done in the
near future.

A three-year member of the Lady Hurricanes cross country
program, McGowan eclipsed her 5k personal-best mark by 49 seconds
with a time of 22:32 this fall at the 10-team Point Invite on Oct.
5, finishing 24th. She then beat her own 6k best time at the Peach
Belt Conference meet on Oct. 20 with a 27:13.

The Americus native earned her third PBC All-Academic Women's
Cross Country First Team award in the fall.

In addition, McGowan was recently named GSW Female Scholar
Athlete of the Year for the second-consecutive year and she
completed her second year as a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, the
National College Athlete Honor Society.

A two-sport athlete, McGowan is also a three-time PBC
All-Academic women's tennis award winner and is on pace to be named
to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll for a third-consecutive
year.

McGowan becomes the first GSW student-athlete to earn two
Academic All-District honors in the department's NCAA era (since
2006).

Student-athletes are nominated for Capital One Academic
All-District consideration by current College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA) members. Voting for Academic
All-District is done by current CoSIDA members in players'
respective districts. Those who obtain All-District status move
onto the national All-Academic ballot; these national awards are
voted upon by Academic All-America Committee members and current
CoSIDA Board of Directors.

To be eligible for the Capital One Academic program, a
student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve, maintain a
cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, and have
reached sophomore athletic and academic standings.